Carnival offers fun at Expo

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May 29, 2010 at 10:43 AM

Bill Blankenship

Carnivals are a sure sign of summer's arrival, and the Evans United Shows has brought this harbinger of hot weather to the Kansas Expocentre.

As it has since 1947, the family-owned, Plattsburg, Mo.,-based amusements company has set up its traveling carnival on a parking lot at the Kansas Expocentre southeast of Landon Arena. It will be there through June 6, operating from 6 to 11 p.m. weeknights and 1 to 11 p.m. weekends and Memorial Day.

Patrons will pay $1 for adults and 50 cents for children 11 and younger each time they enter the gates. Ride coupons are $1 each, and all rides require at least three coupons.

Discount coupons — 20 for $15, 40 for $30, 50 for $35 and 100 for $70 — can be purchased at the ticket booths, but the heavy-duty riders will get the best bargains from 6 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays with an all-you-can-ride wristband for $14.

Rides include a Kamikaze, Yo-Yo, Ferris wheel, bumper cars, a vintage Tilt-A-Whirl, and a carousel and other kiddie attractions.

The carnival also has a variety of fair food, including the traditional funnel cakes, as well as several games that entice players to part with their cash with the prospect of winning a stuffed animal or other prize.

Bill Blankenship can be reached at (785) 295-1284 or bill.blankenship@cjonline.com.

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